Festivals and concert series
The early music festival scene in the UK is extraordinarily creative and adventurous. Emerging and established artists alike are bridging the gap between the past and the present with inspiring programmes at festivals and in concert series across the country.
London International Festival of Early Music
The London International Festival of Early Music is one of the largest and most inclusive early music festivals in the world. The festival began in 1973 and was first hosted at the Royal College of Music.
The London International Festival of Early Music is one of the largest and most inclusive early music festivals in the world. The festival attracts a network of vibrant artists, early music enthusiasts and supporters. At the heart of LIFEM is their world-famous early music exhibition. For their concerts LIFEM welcomes international, world-class artists to perform at the festival each year. LIFEM also hosts two biennial competitions, performance platforms, makers’ demonstration recitals, workshops, talks and, since 2021, the Festival evensong.
“Makers of crumhorns, lutes, viols, sackbuts and shawms rub shoulders with top players, singers and composers, in a week-long celebration of musical exploration and performance.”
— Stephen Pritchard, The Observer
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Wed 13 November 2024 — Sat 16 November 2024
- Blackheath, London
Baroquestock Festival
Combo of early-ish music, good vibes and home-made focaccia at the interval.
- Throughout the year
- Sun 3 November 2024
- Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead
- Throughout the year
- Fri 8 November 2024
- Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Sat 9 November 2024
- Wimbledon
- Throughout the year
- Sat 9 November 2024
- Handel Hendrix House
- Throughout the year
- Sun 10 November 2024
- St Clement Danes Church, London
- ❄️Winter series
- Tue 12 November 2024
- St Mary's Church, Warwick
- Throughout the year
- Thu 14 November 2024
- Barbican Centre, London
- Throughout the year
- Sun 17 November 2024
- Mayfield, East Sussex
- Mon 18 November 2024
- Wigmore Hall, London
- Throughout the year
- Thu 21 November 2024
- St George's, Hanover Square
- 🍂Autumn series
- Thu 21 November 2024
- LSO St Luke's, Old Street, London
- Throughout the year
- Thu 21 November 2024
- Cambridge
- Throughout the year
- Thu 21 November 2024
- Rotherhithe, London
- Throughout the year
- Fri 22 November 2024
- St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
- Throughout the year
- Sat 23 November 2024
- St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh
- Throughout the year
- Sun 24 November 2024
- The Ascension Church, Plumstead
- Throughout the year
- Wed 4 December 2024
- London
- Throughout the year
- Thu 5 December 2024
- Temple, London
- ❄️Winter festival
- Fri 6 December 2024
- York
- 🌱Spring festival
- Mon 12 May 2025
- St James' Church, Chipping Campden
- ☀️Summer festival
- Fri 6 June 2025
- All Saints Church, Tilford, Surrey
- ☀️Summer festival
- Thu 10 July 2025
- Buxton
- 🍂Autumn festival
- Sat 4 October 2025
- St Mary's Church, Banbury
- 🌱Spring festival
- TBA
- Beverley and East Riding, Yorkshire
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Brecon
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Brighton
- 🌱Spring festival
- TBA
- All Saints Church, Clifton, Bristol
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Holy Sepulchre Church, Holborn Viaduct
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Royal Albert Hall, London
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- St Mary Magdalene Church, Bridgnorth
- 🌱Spring festival
- TBA
- Isle of Wight - Newport, Ryde and Ventnor
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- Saint Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh and King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Hatfield House, Hatfield, Herts
- ❄️Winter festival
- TBA
- Keble College Chapel, Oxford
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- King's Lynn, Norfolk
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Lammermuir, Scotland
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Lewes, East Sussex
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Lichfield, Staffordshire
- 🌱Spring festival
- TBA
- St John's Smith Square, London
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- Bolton Castle, North Yorkshire
- ☀️Summer series
- TBA
- Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Norfolk, East Sussex, Devon, Suffolk
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- West Malling, Kent
- ☀️Summer series
- TBA
- The New Space, Oxford
- 🌱Spring festival
- TBA
- Newbury, Berkshire
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- All Saints’ Church, Otley
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Various locations in the Purbecks, Dorset
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Throughout the year
- TBA
- St George's Bristol
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Stoke Newington
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- All Saints Church, Boughton Aluph
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- St Mary’s Church, Stoke D’Abernon
- 🍂Autumn festival
- TBA
- St Marys' Church, Tetbury
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Gresham's School, Holt
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- Ryedale, North Yorkshire
- ☀️Summer festival
- TBA
- National Centre for Early Music, York